Short stories by Dorothy Canfield
Dorothy Canfield Fisher (February 17, 1879 – November 9, 1958) was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early 20th century. She strongly supported women's rights, racial equality, and lifelong education. Eleanor Roosevelt named her one of the ten most influential women in the United States.[1] In addition to bringing the Montessori method of child-rearing to the U.S., she presided over the country's first adult education program and shaped literary tastes by serving as a member of the Book of the Month Club selection committee from 1925 to 1951.
Listing 5 stories.
A Basque woman tells a moving story of a found family with three daughters, born in unconventional circumstances.
A woman reckons with her sexual education throughout her life--or lack therof.
A girl frantically searches for her missing dog. She fears that the neighbor may harm her dog, so she must quickly find him.
During World War II, a group of French prisoners on a windowless train find a hole in the wall of their boxcar and are delighted, when they look through it, to see the countryside of their homeland.
A man slowly goes insane when he suspects that his neighbor knows his deepest secret.